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H.R. 3207: Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act

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H.R. 3207: Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-07-12 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-07-12 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act

Plain summary

Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to: state that the term "intimate partner" includes a dating partner and any other person subject to a protection order under state domestic or family violence law; and expand the term "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" to include the use or attempted use of physical force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon, by a current or former intimate partner. The bill makes it a crime to knowingly sell or dispose of a firearm to a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of stalking. It also makes it a crime for such convicted stalker to receive or possess a firearm.

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Official text

Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12] · 121 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Julia Brownley (D-CA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Mark Takano (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL) and 61 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12] reported raising $1.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong115-hr3207 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115